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posted by takyon on Wednesday November 07 2018, @12:11AM   Printer-friendly
from the do-the-wave dept.

United States elections, 2018

Maine's ranked-choice voting will be used in a federal general election for the first time, after previously using it in the primary system.

Live coverage at FiveThirtyEight, CNN, NBC, WSJ, Fox, CBSN (video), and Ballotpedia.

2018 Ballot measures

Update: Democrats have taken the House of Representatives, while Republicans have retained control of the Senate.

Georgia's Brian Kemp Opens 'Cyber Crimes' Investigation Into State Democrats, 2 Days Before Election

Georgia Secretary of State and Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp opened an investigation into the state's Democratic Party Sunday, alleging a failed attempt to hack the Georgia voter registration system.

Previously: Exact Match Requirements Eased in Georgia Ahead of Midterms


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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday November 07 2018, @02:22PM (4 children)

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Wednesday November 07 2018, @02:22PM (#758957) Journal

    In other words, what usually happens in midterm elections happened again--the opposition party gains.

    The Republicans strengthened their firewall against Trump's removal via impeachment. They gained Senate seats and purged Never Trumpers from their ranks who might have joined with Democrats in a bipartisan push to convict him in the Senate.

    The Democrats will devote 100% of their efforts now to "getting Trump" with endless investigations. It's the mirror-image of what the Republicans did to Obama with the endless Benghazi hearings and birth certificate investigations. Nothing will happen.

    The big winners last night were neither the Democrats nor the Republicans nor Trump, but the Deep State/power elites/1%/masters of the universe/Uniparty/lizard people. Now they can continue to enjoy the distracting charade of the partisan mud fight while stealing from the American people in the shadows.

    I would have preferred the Republicans sweep last night because the compromised Democratic Party needs to die, and a real populist progressive (in the 1912 Progressive Party sense of that term) party take its place; that will never happen as long as the Democratic Party can continue to win enough elections to remain credible. The Uniparty is the real enemy of humanity, and taking out the Democratic wing of its puppets would have dealt it a real blow. Thereafter the Republican wing of its puppets could have been dealt with.

    Also--and this is because of the vindictive flaw in my character--I would have enjoyed a repeat of the delicious schadenfreude that obtained after the upset in 2016. Watching the people with "I'm with Her!!!" bumper stickers mope lightened my mood for months.

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    Washington DC delenda est.
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  • (Score: 0, Flamebait) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday November 07 2018, @03:26PM (2 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday November 07 2018, @03:26PM (#758991) Journal

    Who told you that vindictiveness was a flaw? Unless it was a Sunday School teacher, then it had to be a liberal.

    • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 07 2018, @04:05PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 07 2018, @04:05PM (#759010)

      Yes, nothing is a flaw anymore. Greed, vindictiveness. Also racism, bigotry, misoginy. Not flaws, just "differences in opinion".

      Soon, thiefs, pedophiles, rapists and murderers will no longer be considered criminals, just people with a "different" way of interacting with society. And those who will still be condemning them will be labeled "Social Justice Warriors".

      If you have only a little knowledge of history, you'll see that that's how all past civilizations started their decline before their final collapse.

    • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday November 07 2018, @11:09PM

      by Phoenix666 (552) on Wednesday November 07 2018, @11:09PM (#759203) Journal

      Sunday school it was. There's a Christian teaching about forgiveness.

      The vindictiveness is the Scots-Irish in me. Sometimes useful when fighting revolutions against the British crown, but most often a drawback.

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      Washington DC delenda est.
  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 07 2018, @04:10PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 07 2018, @04:10PM (#759014)

    There's a huge difference. Obama didn't have the Democratic members of congress refusing to investigate things up until that point. We know that Trump is crooked and there's been numerous instances where the House or Senate would normally issue subpoenas of him and close associates to try and determine the truth.

    That hasn't happened due to record breaking obstruction by the GOP politicians that were in control of those various committees.

    They may have kept the Senate this election year, but now that the Democrats have subpoena power, I wouldn't assume that the corruption is going to remain buried. There's numerous people who should be under investigation in both chambers for questionable behavior. And with the House going to the Democrats, you better believe that Kavanaugh may finally get a chance to "clear his name" when the Democrats get to decide whether to impeach him. Who knows, but the process does involve subpoenas and investigation and will almost certainly find whatever it is that the GOP Senators were afraid would come to light.

    Even without abusing their power, there's almost certainly enough stuff that can come to light to make it impossible for the GOP to matain control of the Senate, just probalby not enough to get the 60 votes needed to remove Trump or Kavanaugh from office.